Snowed in

Goodbye, January.  You weren't that bad.... actually, you were bad but, weirdly, I still felt a tenderness towards you when I turned the page of our calendar. And just as you said goodbye and made way for  February,  you let fall a skyful of snow. which held me hostage in my house for a day… Continue reading Snowed in

Slow January continues

the image is of snowdrop flowers

There's that joke about January lasting hundreds of days and then the rest of the year whizzing by in the blink of an eye.  That's definitely what I've been experiencing.  I was just beginning to recover from my knee operation and then I somehow managed to contract viral pneumonia - so my January has definitely… Continue reading Slow January continues

On not spending money (to learn to write poetry)

One of the comments from my previous post about writing workshops has prompted me to say that you don't need to spend money in order to write.  I've sung the praises of workshops on this blog - and I am a fan of them - but don't kid yourself that you must go to workshops in… Continue reading On not spending money (to learn to write poetry)